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InfluxDB: Scalable Metrics Storage

Name: InfluxDB: Scalable Metrics Storage
Author: influxdata

Get fast metrics and event tracking with InfluxDB, a scalable datastore for founders, backed by 32k+ GitHub stars.

31,652 stars3,713 forksRustHealth Score 9/10Updated 7/23/2026100% free · open source

What it does

InfluxDB is a scalable datastore that allows founders to quickly track metrics and events, facilitating real-time analytics for their applications

Install / run

docker run -p 8086:8086 influxdb:2.0

When to use it

•You need to monitor and analyze large amounts of time-series data from IoT devices or sensors
•Your application requires real-time analytics and event tracking to inform business decisions
•You are building a data-intensive application that needs a scalable and performant datastore

Quick start

1Create a new bucket using the command `influx bucket create --name my-bucket`
2Write data to the bucket using the `influx write` command, e.g. `influx write --bucket my-bucket --org my-org 'cpu,host=host1 usage=50'`
3Query the data using the `influx query` command, e.g. `influx query --bucket my-bucket --org my-org 'from(cpu) |> range(start: -1h)'`
4Configure the InfluxDB instance by editing the `influxdb.conf` file, e.g. to set up authentication or adjust retention policies
5Use the InfluxDB UI to visualize and explore the data, accessible at `http://localhost:8086`

Ready-to-paste prompt

influx write --bucket my-bucket --org my-org 'mem,host=host1 used=1024' --precision s

Heads up: InfluxDB 2.0 requires authentication by default, so you need to create an authentication token using the `influx auth create` command before you can write data to a bucket

Saves to your device

Topics

database

influxdb

metrics

monitoring

react

rust

time-series

How InfluxDB: Scalable Metrics Storage works

Codeflow

Free to inspect

InfluxDB: Scalable Metrics Storage is a very large Rust project (~336k lines across 1016 code files, plus 44 test files). Setup is light: installs like a normal app. Reading the code is optional. Last commit this month, Apache-2.0 license, has a test suite.

Size

Very large codebase

~336k lines · 1016 code files · days to read — use, don't read

Setup

One-command install

Installs like a normal app. Reading the code is optional.

Runs on

Rust · Docker

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